Man charged in rape claimed he was hit, robbed

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HAMPTON FALLS — A Hampton Falls man is charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault and police are asking anyone who may have had contact with the subject over the Internet to contact them.

HAMPTON FALLS — A Hampton Falls man is charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault and police are asking anyone who may have had contact with the subject over the Internet to contact them.

Thomas F. Currier, 34, of 6 Marsh Lane, Hampton Falls, remained in jail with no bail set as of Wednesday. During a bail hearing Wednesday in Hampton District Court, Judge Francis Frasier took the matter under advisement, according to Hampton Falls Police Chief Robbie Dirsa.

The case is expected to go to Rockingham Superior Court, where County Attorney Jim Reams confirmed the charge. An indictment has yet to be brought against Currier.

Hampton Falls police arrested Currier on Aug. 13, said Dirsa, and charged him with aggravated felonious sexual assault. Dirsa gave no information on the alleged victim.

Hampton Falls and state police have been conducting the investigation, he said.

"Anyone should contact State Police or Hampton Falls police who has had contact with Mr. Currier through, most likely, Internet services," said Dirsa, declining to elaborate.

Currier also came to Dirsa's attention in June, when the man claimed to have been hit and robbed while walking on Route 1.

Police are not sure if the assault charge is tied to the hit-and-robbed incident, said Dirsa.

"We're still speculating as to why he got hit," said Dirsa.

No charges were brought in the hit-and-robbed incident, said Dirsa.

Currier claims he was hit by a car while walking home on Route 1 from the Allstars Sports and Dance Club in Seabrook. Currier said he was struck from behind by a silver sedan around 1 a.m. on June 29. The driver stole his shoes and Movado watch, Currier said, but left the $800 that was in his wallet.

He didn't get the make, model or plate number of the car, he said.

"I saw it when I was sitting down after I was hit," Currier said in July. "There were two girls and a guy. I was talking to him. (I said), 'You hit me, call the police.' He said, 'Give me your watch.' I passed out. I woke up, by the time I got home, it was 3:30 a.m. I called my mom, the ambulance and state police showed up."

Currier was transported to the emergency room at Exeter Hospital, where he was treated for bruised muscles and scratches, he said.

Currier said he was not intoxicated and decided to walk home because he didn't want to ride with the people with whom he had gone to the sports bar.

"Was it a deliberate hit? I don't know yet," said Currier in July. "I woke up sitting in front of the pink store (Seacoast Bargains Inc.). I was in shock. I was out of it."

Currier said he is no relation to former Seabrook Police Chief David Currier.

Currier has lived in Hampton Falls for 1½ years, he said. He is from Exeter and worked as the general manager for a car dealership in northern Massachusetts.

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